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Pradip Kurbah: “Major OTT platforms don’t even consider screening our films”

Published on May 23, 2025 12:22 pm IST

Director Pradip Kurbah with his awards for best film and best director for ‘The Elysian Field (Ha Lyngkha Bneng) at the 47th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, on April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Pope Francis’ Favorite Dystopian Novel

Pope Francis’ Favorite Dystopian Novel

Updated on May 23, 2025 11:33 am IST

Review: Worlds within Worlds by Ajay Navaria, translated by Nita Kumar

The many complexities of the caste ladder (Shutterstock)

Published on May 22, 2025 12:57 pm IST

Review: Rough Streets by Ankush Saikia

A view of Shillong (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 22, 2025 12:25 pm IST

International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq’s speech honours her readers

International Booker Prize winners; (LtoR) translator Deepa Bhasthi and author Banu Mushtaq

Published on May 21, 2025 05:20 pm IST

Bookmark your calendar: Explore the best literature festivals in the UK

The UK plays host to many top-class literary festivals through the year. (Courtesy Cheltenham Literature Festival)

Updated on May 20, 2025 02:29 pm IST

Book review|Money-minded madness makes Rumaan Alam's Entitlement quite thrilling

Cover of the book, Entitlement by Rumaan Alam(Photo: X)

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Updated on May 20, 2025 11:49 am IST

Needrup Zangpo: “When people called Drukpa Kunley mad, he owned it with pride”

Author Needrup Zangpo (Jaipur Literature Festival)

Published on May 19, 2025 03:23 pm IST

Stephen Greenblatt: “Shakespeare is like an enormous planet Jupiter”

Stephen Greenblatt at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2025 (Jaipur Literature Festival)

Published on May 17, 2025 05:56 am IST

Review: The Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix

Migrants’ belongings on the beach of Wimereux, on November 25, 2021, in Calais, France. At least 31 people died trying to cross the Channel to the UK in an inflatable dinghy. The Small Boat is based on this incident. (Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)

Published on May 17, 2025 05:30 am IST

Nature’s right to exist, flourish and persist

Yuvan Aves and Robert Macfarlane (Bijal Vachharajani)

Published on May 17, 2025 05:24 am IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a debut novel shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, a book on six remarkable economists, and a collection of essays on how video games expand the discourse of art (Akash Shrivastav)

Updated on May 17, 2025 03:14 am IST

A silent reading group takes it to the next level

Members of ‘Versova Reads’ during their Sunday morning sessions at a local park. (Charvi Garg)

Published on May 16, 2025 01:43 pm IST

The story of maimed nationalisms

“As I stood before Petőfi tomb this Spring, my mind went blank, gaping with questions about nationalism and war, and the missing body of the martyr. In the heart of the famous Fiumei Road Graveyard in Budapest, the Petőfi family grave holds the remains of his family members, even those of his son – but the man who gave the nation these unforgettable lines of patriotism could not get back on his feet to return to his homeland.” (Shutterstock)

Published on May 16, 2025 05:20 am IST

Review: The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

Imagine a world where the latest form ofdigital scrutiny includes an implant that records your dreams. (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 14, 2025 08:01 pm IST

Review: Why Should I Trust You by Sudeep Nagarkar

A view of Kangra where the novel is set. (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 14, 2025 05:53 pm IST

Page to screen: The Nickel Boys

Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson as Elwood and Turner in The Nickel Boys. (Amazon MGM Studios)

Updated on May 13, 2025 02:06 pm IST

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia: “Playing the flute is like doing yoga”

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (Kerala Literature Festival)

Published on May 12, 2025 05:51 pm IST

Mother's Day: 5 books that tell the real story of motherhood beyond the clichés

Books that tell the real story of motherhood

Published on May 11, 2025 11:02 am IST

Kupwara Codes book review: This military fiction is more than just chestthumping

The cover of Kupwara Codes by Maj Manik M Jolly (Retd) (Photo: Instagram)

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Published on May 10, 2025 11:10 am IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is an exploration of seven ancient temples across India and Cambodia, Joan Didion’s record of her conversations with her psychiatrist, and a collection of short fiction written in Malayalam from the late nineteenth to the mid twentieth century. (Akash Shrivastav)

Published on May 09, 2025 09:44 pm IST

Katy Hessel: “Everyone has to own their identity”

Katy Hessel (Jaipur Literature Festival 2025)

Updated on May 09, 2025 09:43 pm IST

Review: Heart Lamp by Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq

Playing cricket in Bidar, Karnataka. (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 21, 2025 06:19 am IST

Review: Embracing Hope by Viktor E Frankl

Always better days ahead. According to author Viktor E Frankl: ““Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” (Shutterstock)

Published on May 09, 2025 09:41 pm IST

What a wonderful world: Jazz in New Orleans

The Congo Square exhibit at the New Orleans Jazz Museum (New Orleans Jazz Museum)

Updated on May 09, 2025 12:49 pm IST

On the emerging generation of Hindi women writers

Geetanjali Shree’s international Booker win has given Hindi literature a shot in the arm and has also put the spotlight on women writing in the language. (Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 23, 2026 07:20 pm IST

Review: The Many Worlds of Philipsborn: Jamia’s Aapa Jaan

Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. (Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times)

Published on May 08, 2025 04:07 pm IST

Report: Ragas by the River 2025

The festival opened with Shubha Mudgal’s soul-stirring performance. (Courtesy Ragas by the River)

Updated on May 07, 2025 08:20 pm IST

Ibtisam Azem: “The reality that Palestinians live in goes beyond any dystopia”

Author Ibtisam Azem (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on May 06, 2025 05:02 pm IST

Barnali Chattopadhyay: “When I sing Sufiana kalaam, I forget my gender”

Barnali Chattopadhyay performing at the Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF) in Jodhpur (Courtesy Jodhpur RIFF)

Updated on May 05, 2025 03:32 pm IST

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